If blue collar jobs are disappearing and white collar jobs are going the Google route, the future of work looks quite hellish. A lot of people can’t ape the norms well enough. And it would kill academia, of course.

\ the future of work looks quite hellish. A lot of people can’t ape the norms well enough.

The problem is that no matter how well everybody will ape the norms, the number of jobs won’t increase.

I read that link and it reminded me of ideological purity police in FSU, and in the blurring lines between public and private there. I was born too late to witness that, but heard about private lives being policed, f.e. in cases of marital infidelity. Clarissa, couldn’t cheated-upon wife take her husband for a public shaming in some kind of court?

As for the struggle for jobs, this is a phenomenon of the lower-ring entry-level revolving-door positions. Contingent adjuncts, Google data entry clerks, etc. Those higher up the ladder are just taking a piss. The very act of participating marks you as disposable. Which is exactly what this Damore fellow experienced.

My best guess is that the next step is for her to be a single crazy cat lady. The guy does not look like he’s buying it. The averted glaze and slack lower facial muscles are a clue to feigning enthusiasm and the last picture he looks like he’s in pain rather than overcome with joy.